Two days after it was announced that Will Ferrell was set to play Ronald Reagan in a comedy that makes light the former US president’s affliction with Alzheimer’s, the comedian has backed out of the project altogether following outrage from the former president’s family.

Two days after it was announced that Will Ferrell was set to play Ronald Reagan in a comedy that makes light the former US president’s affliction with Alzheimer’s, the comedian has backed out of the project altogether following outrage from the former president’s family.